And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
KEITH RICHARDS- I mean some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.
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And then I think we realized, like any young guys, that blues are not learned in a monastery. You’ve got to go out there and get your heart broke and then come back and then you can sing the blues.
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The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
KEITH RICHARDSThe only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
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Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
KEITH RICHARDSNobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.
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A painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
KEITH RICHARDSA painter’s got a canvas. The writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
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I haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
KEITH RICHARDSI haven’t stopped smoking; anything.
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To me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
KEITH RICHARDSTo me, life is a wild animal. You hope to deal with it when it leaps at you.
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I never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
KEITH RICHARDSI never thought I was wasted, but I probably was.
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Some things get better with age. Like me.
KEITH RICHARDSSome things get better with age. Like me.
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If you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
KEITH RICHARDSIf you stay up, you get the songs that everyone else misses because they’re asleep.
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Let me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
KEITH RICHARDSLet me be clear about this. I don’t have a drug problem. I have a police problem.
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It’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
KEITH RICHARDSIt’s great to be here. It’s great to be anywhere.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
KEITH RICHARDSI have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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You get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
KEITH RICHARDSYou get onstage and make other people feel happy. Make them feel good.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
KEITH RICHARDSI’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
KEITH RICHARDSThe Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush.
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I look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
KEITH RICHARDSI look for ambiguity when I’m writing because life is ambiguous.
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